"There has been a worldwide increase in the reports of diseases affecting marine organisms. In the Caribbean, mass mortalities among organisms in reef ecosystems have resulted in major shifts in community structure. However, our ability to fully understan...

Large amounts of marine debris are present in shallow reefs adjacent to beach haulouts of the critically endangered Hawaiian monk seal, Monachus schauinslandi. These areas serve as seal pup nurseries, and injury and death caused by entanglement in marine ...

"Previous marine debris studies in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI) have focused on the density, type, and tonnage of debris in various reef and island habitats. Cleanup efforts have grown from a single ship working for a small amount of time to m...

Proclamation by President George W. Bush to establish the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument, providing high level of protection for nearly 140,000 square miles of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands area. At its establishment it is the ...

This report documents the marine debris removal operations of the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument between July 18 and August 14, 2007.

This report documents the marine debris removal operations of the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument between September 17 and October 3, 2007.

This report documents the marine debris removal operations of the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument between October 11 and November 9, 2007.

This report documents activities conducted in waters surrounding the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands in August and September 2008 as part of the Oscar Elton Sette Cruise SE-08-08 to recover personnel, equipment, and supplies from field camps at Midway Atoll...

This cruise was conducted to recover personnel, equipment, and supplies from field camps at Pearl and Hermes Reef, Lisianski Island, and Nihoa Island, as well as to conduct population assessment work on the Hawaiian monk seal populations on French Frigate...

"Operations occurred northwest along the main Hawaiian Islands and Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Operations also occurred in the Northwestern Hawaiian Island. Monk seal field camps were established, and personnel, equipment, and supplies for...

"This paper describes the results of a field survey designed to test the prediction that the density of benthic juveniles of shallow-reef fishes is greater on wind-wave "exposed" sectors of a pair of isolated oceanic atolls (Kure, Pearl and Hermes) at the...